Surname Sverko in modern Croatia

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Sverko live in Croatia today, in households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sverko (including: Swerko , Sverchko , Czwerko and Shverko ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Sverko " is used by some 90 people in Colombia , about 50 in Russian Federation , and some 50 people in the United States. "Swerko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Czwerko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Sverko, Milan Sverko, Benedikt Sverko, Elizabeta Sverko, Elvira Sverko, Feliče Sverko, Karel Sverko, Karl Sverko, Mare Sverko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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